KEQ: After this incident, the Oregonian is aware of at least seven murder suicides in the Portland metro area (including SW Wash.) and greater Oregon since Nov. 5. To that affect, there have not been "(eight) murder suicides in Northwestern Oregon in six weeks." One of the recent incidents occurred in Vancouver, Wash. And according to The Oregonian's Lynne Terry a woman who was shot by her husband in Coos Bay after meeting with a divorce lawyer remained alive this weekend.

EffBeeEye: I could not confirm what the physical evidence was with any officials this evening. I hope to find out more after Cannon is officially released, which could come as early as Friday. As for background on the case, Thom Jensen from Katu.com has done a great job with this story. On the KATU home page right now (link above) there are older stories, including one about the curious case of Bimla Boyd, the landlady at the address who was later sent to jail for a shooting murder -- a murder in the exact same mobile home.

The Oregon State Institute for the Feeble Minded was the official name for the building that became known as the Fairview Training Center. Even though the term "feeble-minded" is no longer used, we wouldn't put the quotes around that building's name in quotes for the same reason we don't use quotes when writing about buildings such as Portland City Hall, PGE Park or the White House.

Great comment, sauer. Sgt. Stewart could not tell me how Aubrey was able to escape, but it sounds like you are more-or-less correct. The officer drove down the drive, into the sally port and was taking Aubrey out of his car when he bolted. I'm waiting for the police bureau or sheriff's office to tell me more, or release reports from today's incident, but that could take a day or two.

There were two incidents on Southeast Hawthorne last night. A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near 30th Ave. and, after police arrived, briefly refused medical care. Police and medical personnel eventually convinced the man to be taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.

Around the same time, a fire broke out near Southeast Main and 39th, but firefighters were able to quickly get it under control.

As reported earlier, the Portland sergeant who spoke with Jack Dale Collins when the mentally ill man "confessed" to sexually abusing a girl 42 years before, Sgt. John Holbrook, did not believe that a crime had occurred. Also, Collins did indeed ask for mental health assistance.

Here's the relevant information, from an article that appeared online on March 26, 2010 (http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/03/homeless_man_had_confessed_to.html):

"At one point in the interview, Collins, a 58-year-old with a long history of alcohol use, stopped to ask if he could get mental health care. The sergeant taking the report directed him to Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, but police do not know if he ever sought help. Sgt. John Holbrook noted that he did not believe a crime occurred and that even if it had, the statute of limitations had long since expired."